In this undated image made available by Christian Peacemaker Teams, Christian activist Tom Fox is seen at a demonstration in the West Bank protesting the security fence. Photo: associated press

Palestinians throughout the West Bank expressed sorrow Saturday over the killing of American Tom Fox, 54, who had traveled to the West Bank to protest for their cause before he was taken hostage in Iraq.

Fox's body was found shot in the head and chest Thursday near a Baghdad railway station. He had worked with Christian Peacemaker Teams in the Palestinian areas before he began work with the group in Iraq.

Fox, from Clear Brook, Virginia, had demonstrated in the West Bank town of Jayyus against the construction of the security fence and he helped Palestinians pick olives, local Palestinians said.

"Tom used to sit in front of the (Israeli) bulldozers to block them," said Jayyus' mayor, Shawka Shamha. "Hearing news that he was killed makes me very sad."

Sharif Omar also from Jayyus said that Fox lived at his brother's house for three months while local Palestinians and foreign activists protested against the construction of the barrier.

"I'm very sorry to hear that he has been killed," Omar said.

Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron also remembered Fox. Neither Fox nor the Briton and two Canadians taken hostage with him deserved to die, said Hisham Sharabati, a human rights activist who met Fox.

"I'm calling for the kidnappers to release the other hostages," Sharabati said. "This killing harmed the Palestinian and Iraqi causes because the hostages were working for peace."

The two Canadians - James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden - also worked in the Palestinian areas.

When the four were taken hostage in November last year, the Palestinians' top Muslim clergyman, Mufti Ikrema Sabri, called for their immediate release.

These "peace idiots" deserve what they get. In the end, they are still an infidel, and when they no longer serve as a usefull tool for the Jihadists, They are given Mohammad inspired "justice".

This should be an example that all these leftist idiots should pay attention to. This is the reward they will recieve for all the help they give to the barbaric animals, the son's of Satan, enemy of all mankind.

These peace activists are both stupid and evil. Innocent people die because they have to make spectacles of themselves. It's a big ego trip. I fully expect to see Cindy Sheehan show up in Iraq one of these days. Or maybe Iran, when it's a smoking ruin.

These so-called peace activists are largly hard-core leftists. The left has become profoundly anti-semitic. I won't cry crocodile tears over naifs who side with terrorists. Those who do are hypocrites.

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posted on 03/11/2006 7:14:37 AM PST
by veronica
("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")

you gotta give to the palis, they know how to use these useful idiots, they would never kill one because they promote their causes so well,maybe now he be able to see Yassar and continue the good work in hell.I hope and pray not one drop of our military men blood is wasted to rescue these fools when they are captured; so they can return and write a degrading book and appear on the lamestream media to bash our country and it's military

"There are no words. A city that has been demonized by Americans and many Iraqis, using the words the city of terrorists. A city that its residents call the city of mosques. A city that even its residents have to enter at checkpoints, often taking up to an hour to traverse. A city that is being choked to death economically by those same checkpoints."

These so-called peace activists are largly hard-core leftists. The left has become profoundly anti-semitic. I won't cry crocodile tears over naifs who side with terrorists. Those who do are hypocrites.<<

I'll shed a tear for people like Rachel Corrie, she was raised in conditions that simulate a madrasa.

They still side with terrorists, and what must be done, must be done. Hang with terrorists, and don't be surprised when 1000 pounds drops in,

Have we heard the family and friends blame Bush and his "illegal war" for his death yet?

The optimist in me would like to see the terrorist sympathizers (aka "peace" movement) learn that these fanatics want them dead as well. The realist in me (who likes to eat the optimist for breakfast) knows that they will use this to argue that Bush is now responsible for the death of an AMerican civilian.

Tom Fox-usefull idiot.This should send a clear,unmistakeable message to all so called "peace activists"in the ME;the terrorists don't care if you support them and their cause.In the end,Tom Fox was simply a piece of meat that was kidnapped and then executed simply for propaganda purposes.Oh well:(

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